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One of the key issues fueling the protests involves ICE’s recent raids across Los Angeles County. Authorities reportedly targeted businesses suspected of employing undocumented workers, but many of those detained were not hardened criminals, but long-standing residents, some with U.S.-born children or in the process of securing legal status. The outrage is fueled by perceptions that these operations are indiscriminate, unfair, and disproportionately targeting immigrant communities.